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with a protracted energy crisis, shocking levels of unemployment and inequality and systemic corruption. my guest is the secretary general of the anc, fikile mbalula. is his party about to pay the price of failure? fikile mbalula, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having us, and welcome to luthuli house. it's a great pleasure to be here. how disappointed are you with the state south africa is in today? south africa is undergoing challenges like many other countries. but i think to put us into a category of a failed state, its an exaggeration. er... ican give... but you think that's ...

northern ireland but arriving late in the day. temperatures, high teens to low 20s and it will feel warm in the may sunshine and the sunshine is stronger this time of the year so there will be high levels of uv. are out for any level of time might be worth considering suncream. similar on sunday, best of the sunshine in england and wales, scotland and northern ireland cloudy and bright, one or two bits of rain and the temperature is similar, it's going to be quite a one weekend for most of us. nice one, chris, thanks for that. chris fawkes. that's it. more analysis of the main storie...

east coast that means you still have time. the kids are still asleep or maybe even your spouse. you still have time it is april 1. you have time to pull off a prank, it is april fools for they got me at 4:30 a.m. this morning, walked into my office and this is what i found, an office full of lipstick the the shots put into context, bloomsbury could not walk could not take a step could not sit down. our producer, ariel, was standing in the side of my office in the video tape me. [laughter] i worked out 20 seconds before he noticed her standing there. >> is a lot of hard work for inter...

major world economy. it's also one of the major leading players in the group of emerging economies who are talking up the idea of a common trade currency to counter the dollar. so, could they become the trading block of the future? i'm going to be discussing all of that and more with these two. there they are. the man who first coined the phrase the brics, and a former central bank economist from brazil. also on the show, shining bright like a diamond. yeah, the shiny rocks have been one of the big winners post—pandemic. but can they keep their lustre in a shaky global economy? i'm...

you guys feel. rachel: me too too. pete: one of those mornings. first hour's the warm-up hour, 7 a.m.'s sleeper hour, not as many people watching, but it's really good, you know? will: that's the sleeper hour? pete: yeah. 8:00 we're going and then 9 it's, like, i don't know what 9 is. it's the cherry on top. rachel: 9 is off the hook. [laughter] pete: thank you for joining us. we enjoy being together, we're grateful that you're out there sharing it with us. hopefully, you've got a cup of coffee, some doughnuts. rachel: thanks. all right. [laughter] president biden is back in the u.s....